Writing and Research Across the Globe: An Innovative North-North-South-South Collaboration

Authors

  • Katie Bryant Mangosuthu University of Technology and Carleton University
  • Codie Fortin Lalonde Carleton University
  • Rachel Robinson Michigan State University
  • Trixie G Smith Michigan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31468/cjsdwr.809

Abstract

This article is based on various versions of a panel presented at multiple writing centre and writing studies conferences as well as conversations across partners. Our perspectives come from discussions between our four universities before, during, and after an initial global North/global South writing support partnership meeting in the summer of 2018. During that summer, four universities (two in southern Africa and two in North America) partnered to begin a collaborative project of capacity building in the areas of writing centres and writing support across all levels of these universities, offering writing support to undergraduate and graduate students as well as early-career researchers/faculty. In this article, we share some of our ongoing concerns and considerations for ensuring this partnership moves forward in a collaborative, egalitarian, decolonial way that avoids both Western colonial and neo-colonial approaches to capacity building and program development. Reflections in this article can perhaps inform others working in the field of writing centre scholarship wanting to build similar global collaborations.

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Published

2020-08-26

How to Cite

Bryant, K., Fortin Lalonde, C., Robinson, R., & Smith, T. G. (2020). Writing and Research Across the Globe: An Innovative North-North-South-South Collaboration. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 30, 200–222. https://doi.org/10.31468/cjsdwr.809

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Section

Special: Selected Papers from CWCA 2019